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Present Continuous Tense Present Countinuous Tense Affirmative form singular plural I am working we are working you are working you are working he/she/it is working they are working Present Countinuous Tense • How to add –ing ending to the verb 1. wait/waiting (beating, carrying, enjoying) 2. write/writing (coming, having, making) 3. run/running (hitting, letting, putting) 4. begin/beginning (forgetting, upsetting, preferring) * -ic at the end of the verb changes to –ick: panic/panicking, picnic/picniking * tie/tying Present Countinuous Tense Negative form singular I am not working you are not working he/she/it is not working plural we are not working you are not working they are not working Present Countinuous Tense Interogative form singular plural am I working are we working are you working are you working is he/she/it working are they working Present Countinuous Tense USE • Actions or events which are in progress at the moment of speaking e.g. He’s talking to his girlfriend on the phone. *Adverbials: now, at the moment, just, still (to emphasise duration: He’s still talking to his girlfriend on the phone.) Present Countinuous Tense USE • Actions which may not have been happening long, or which are in progress for a limited period e.g. What is your dooughter doing these days? She’s studying English. • 1. Such situations may not be happening at the moment of speaking. e.g. Don’t take thet ladder away. Your father’s using them. Present Countinuous Tense USE • 2. Temporary events may be in progress at the moment of speaking. e.g. The river’s flowing very fast after last night’s rain. • 3. To describe current trends. e.g. People are becoming less tolerant of smoking these days. Present Countinuous Tense USE • To refer to actions planned for future. e.g. We’re spending next winter in Australia. • For travel arrangements (associated with future arrival and depature), with verbs like arrive, come, go, leave e.g. He’s arriving tomorrow morning on the 13.27 train. Present Countinuous Tense USE • The adverbs always, constantly, continually, forever, repeatedly can be used to describe continually repeated actions. e.g. I’m always hearing strange stories about him. • When something happens too often (habitual annoying actions). e.g. He’s always interrupting.